GoldenDelicious
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fair enough design hasnt changed terribly, and the real cost over time (adjusting to the value of money in the day) also hasnt changed, but the way i see it, most of the cost would come of labor/marketing/distribution, rather than cost of materials anyway.
i mean sure your manufacturing techniques are going to make the per capita cost go down, as would the mass production and relatively cheap materials (metals, polymers), because of industrialisation/computerisation, but thats certainly going to be offset by taxes and litigation, imo.
i mean, what can you really buy these days that is manufactured to the standard of a gun (meaning, verrrry well made) that is similar in size, and price? heck, you pay 40 bucks for a well made shovel or axe. go buy any older style camera or mechanical watch (not battery operated, electrically driven, explode-in-3-years-max garbage) and youll see that prices will be relatively high because of labor.
i think that theyre quite reasonably priced.
i mean sure your manufacturing techniques are going to make the per capita cost go down, as would the mass production and relatively cheap materials (metals, polymers), because of industrialisation/computerisation, but thats certainly going to be offset by taxes and litigation, imo.
i mean, what can you really buy these days that is manufactured to the standard of a gun (meaning, verrrry well made) that is similar in size, and price? heck, you pay 40 bucks for a well made shovel or axe. go buy any older style camera or mechanical watch (not battery operated, electrically driven, explode-in-3-years-max garbage) and youll see that prices will be relatively high because of labor.
i think that theyre quite reasonably priced.